Manolo Solo Dies at 62

Overview

• The Spanish Film Academy confirmed that Manolo Solo died in the early hours of Thursday, July 30, 2026.
• Spanish outlets report he died in Madrid after a battle with cancer, a detail included in academy and news accounts.
• Solo won the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor for Tarde para la ira and earned multiple Goya nominations across his career.
• He gained international recognition for playing Garcés in Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth and appeared in other notable films such as Biutiful and The Good Boss.
• In recent years he worked in television, starred in the 2025 series A anatomia de um momento, and was preparing to shoot the Spanish series Las Vecinas, a project whose schedule may now be affected by his death.